Mississippi Museum Gains Gun Linked to Emmett Till's Murder on 70th Anniversary

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The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum has acquired and displayed the gun believed to have been used in the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, coinciding with the release of new federal documents related to the case, highlighting its historical significance in the civil rights movement.
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